• MUSEUM

  Makkarakosken sahamuseo

  he current Makkarakoski sawmill was built in 1875 to replace the previous sawmill that was destroyed by fire.

  Noormarkku

• MUSEUM

  Aalto2

  Aalto2 is a unique meeting place of architecture, design and cultural heritage in Jyväskylä, in the heart of Central Finland, and it fulfills Alvar Aalto's wish to create a forum to bring together...

  Jyväskylä

• MUSEUM

  Åland Maritime Museum

  Experience the history of humans and the sea. Dive into the ages of seafaring, from the mast of a schooner all the way to the bridge of a large-scale oil tanker!

  Maarianhamina

• MUSEUM

  Alvar Aalto Museum

  Pioneers of modern architecture and design, Aino, Alvar and Elissa Aalto enjoyed exceptionally rich and varied career as architects and designers, both in Finland and abroad.

  Jyväskylä

• MUSEUM

  Art Museum Eemil

  The collections of the Museum of Fine Arts Eemil are based on sculptures and plaster and clay drafts of works by the renowned Finnish sculptor Eemil Halonen (1875–1950).

  Lapinlahti

• MUSEUM

  Brahestads museum: Packhouse

  Welcome to the oldest museum in the country! Established in 1862, the Pakkahuone museum is a veritable cornucopia into the history of museums and maritime life.

  Raahe

• Temporarily closed!
  MUSEUM

  Civil Guard and Lotta Svärd Museum

  The museum for voluntary national defense operates in a building designed by Alvar Aalto for the South Ostrobothnian Defence Corps and Lotta Svärd organisations.

  Seinäjoki

• MUSEUM

  Forestry Museum of Lapland

  Forestry Museum of Lapland - a unique stage for history.

  Rovaniemi

• MUSEUM

  Forssa museum

  Welcome to the world of textiles! Discover how Forssa spun itself into a city with cloth manufacturing.

  Forssa

• MUSEUM

  Karkkila Ironworks Museum:The Högfors Blast Furnace

  Högfors blast furnace founded in 1820 was used to produce crude iron from iron ore that was excavated from Kulonsuonmäki mine in Karkkila.

  Karkkila

• MUSEUM

  Maritime Centre Vellamo

  Located in the traditional harbour surroundings in Kotka, Vellamo offers fascinating facts and stories of the sea as well as fun activities for everyone!

  Kotka

• MUSEUM

  Museum of Central Finland

  Embark on a discovery of the Central Finland mindset in a gorgeous museum building designed by the world famous Alvar Aalto.

  Jyväskylä

• MUSEUM

  Museum-Gallery Alariesto

  Dive into the Lapland mindset through the unique works of Andreas Alariesto.

  Sodankylä

• MUSEUM

  Nature Centre Ukko

  Nature center Ukko on top of the high Koli hill showcases Finland's most famous national view and the unique nature of Eastern Finland molded by the ice age. Enjoy the breath takingly beautiful...

  Lieksa

• MUSEUM

  Rauma Art Museum

  Golden age of Finland pieces and international exhibits, all in a postcard-perfect pink house with two centuries of age.

  Rauma

• MUSEUM

  Rovaniemi Local Heritage Museum

  Find out what life was life in the arctic circle at the end of the 19th century by visiting the Pöykkölä farm and 13 other buildings relocated to Rovaniemi.

  Rovaniemi

• MUSEUM

  Satakunta Museum, Building Heritage House Toivo and The home of the Korsman Family

  Learn how to repair old houses with love and care at Toivo, or get to know how Finns lived in the 1950s' at the Korsman family home.

  Pori

• Temporarily closed!
  MUSEUM

  Skolt Sámi Heritage House

  The Skolt Sámi Heritage House shows exhibits on the indigenous folk of Sevettijärvi, the Koltta tribe.

  Inari

• Temporarily closed!
  MUSEUM

  Stundars Open Air Museum

  Come and experience life as it may have been at the turn of the 20th century in the countryside in Swedish-speaking Ostrobothnia.

  Mustasaari

• MUSEUM

  Suomenlinna Museum

  The main museum of Suomenlinna fortress Suomenlinna Museum is open all year round.

  Helsinki

• MUSEUM

  The Craft Museum of Finland

  The museum is a specialized museum for craft covering entire Finland.

  Jyväskylä

• MUSEUM

  The Mannerheim Museum

  The unique home of remarkable Finnish military leader and statesman Gustaf Mannerheim. Get to know his life and the history of Finland at a beautiful parkside villa in central Helsinki.

  Helsinki

• MUSEUM

  The Maritime Museum of Finland

  The Maritime Museum of Finland is a national maritime museum, located in the Maritime Centre Vellamo in Kotka.

  Kotka

• MUSEUM

  The Original Friitala Leather Museum

  Discover the fascinating tale of a company which evolved from a 19th century leatherwork shop into a modern design company.

  Ulvila

Museum Card museums

• Exhibition

  Tony Granholm - My dream of a jewellery museum

  Explore Tony Granholm's life's work donation
  

  Kruunu ja Finnish museum of Horology and Jewelery Kruunu, Espoo

  6.3.2026 – 6.9.2026

• Exhibition

  nabbteeri - The Scavengers' Garden

  Insects and invertebrates take center stage as the artistduo nabbteeri explore the contradictions of art and the acceptance of the...
  

  Ostrobothnian Museum, Vaasa

  9.5.2026 –

• Exhibition

  The Colorful Life of Industrialist Walter Ahlström

  The exhibition explores the remarkable life of industrialist Walter Ahlström, the rise of his company to become Finland’s largest, and...
  

  , Noormarkku

  23.5.2025 – 1.5.2027

• Exhibition

  Kirsi Neuvonen – TUNNEMAAILMA TUNNE ● MAAILMA

  The extensive solo exhibition of Kirsi Neuvonen brings together five decades of work by a pioneer of Finnish colour printmaking, rich in...
  

  Jyväskylä Art Museum, Jyväskylä

  16.5.2026 – 6.9.2026

• Exhibition

  Raija Malka: (un)expecting

  (Un)expecting is an exhibition, installation and performance in which Raija Malka’s works take center stage, along with the ways in which...
  

  Turku Art Museum, Turku

  6.2.2026 – 22.3.2026

• Exhibition

  Arte Povera Poetica

  Paavo Halonen | Juhani Harri | Ulla Jokisalo | Ismo Kajander | Jyri Pitkänen | Jussi Tukiainen
  

  Art and Museum Centre Sinkka, Kerava

  6.6.2026 – 18.10.2026

• Exhibition

  The main exhibition

  The main exhibition of Riisa is a place where the thousands of years of Byzantine tradition meets the cultural heritage Karelian Orthodox...
  

  RIISA - Orthodox Church Museum of Finland, Kuopio

  24.4.2015 –

• Exhibition

  13 Stories about Humane Design

  The Alvar Aalto Museum’s summer exhibition in the Aalto2 Museum Centre’s Gallery tells 13 stories about Alvar Aalto’s design and...
  

  Aalto2, Jyväskylä

  24.4.2026 – 10.1.2027

• Exhibition

  Architecture of Light

  Experience Da Vinci’s The Last Supper reimagined in a car repair shop. Freddy Fabriksen’s photography exhibition takes the classics of...
  

  Aalto2, Jyväskylä

  22.11.2026 – 14.3.2027

• Exhibition

  Erik Bruun’s birds

  The exhibition features draft ideas for bird-themed postage stamps, sketches at various phases, approved final sketches, a complete sheet...
  

  Post Museum, Tampere

  6.2.2026 – 16.8.2026

• Exhibition

  Erika Adamsson ja Katja Syrjä “Enchanted by Klovharun – On the Island of Tove and Tuulikki”

  “Enchanted by Klovharun – On the Island of Tove and Tuulikki” is an exhibition that takes you to summer on the island of Klovharun in...
  

  Chappe, Raasepori

  27.3.2026 – 6.9.2026

• Exhibition

  Henna-Riikka Halonen: Buoyant force

  Buoyant Force (2025) is a ruin of the future, a museum, or a laboratory. It asks how to create a fictional sense of a world that is not...
  

  Turku Art Museum, Turku

  6.2.2026 – 22.3.2026

• Exhibition

  Sandra Kantanen: Between landscapes

  Sandra Kantanen’s work centers on the fundamental nature of photography and landscape, the interface between the real and the ideal, and...
  

  Turku Art Museum, Turku

  6.2.2026 – 17.5.2026

• Exhibition

  J.P Köykkä: Forms of Heritage

  J.P Köykkä’s solo exhibition presents new large-scale paintings, video works and installations by the artist.
  

  Kunsthalle Seinäjoki, Seinäjoki

  5.9.2026 – 6.2.2027

• Exhibition

  Panu Johansson: Wherever Street Piece

  Wherever Street Piece (2025, 8:40 min) is a found footage work which portrays fragmented memories that cannot be directly linked to any...
  

  Turku Art Museum, Turku

  27.3.2026 – 17.5.2026

• Exhibition

  Elina Ruohonen: Reset

  Elina Ruohonen explores the forms and fusion of living beings, as well as a possible future in which the balance of power between species...
  

  Turku Art Museum, Turku

  27.3.2026 – 17.5.2026

• Exhibition

  Vinayak: Babirusa vol. II – Terminal Diasporic

  The exhibition is a poetic experiment in constructing an imagined non-place. It brings to life archives gathered from the urban peripheries...
  

  The Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki

  16.1.2026 – 22.3.2026

• Exhibition

  Whose Nature? – On Shared Trails

  The exhibition invites us to examine our relationship with nature from a new perspective.
  

  Mikkeli Art Museum, Mikkeli

  28.2.2026 – 24.5.2026

• Exhibition

  STORIES OF HOUSES – IN SEARCH OF THE WOODEN CITY

  Old Kuopio Museum celebrates the 250th anniversary with an exhibition that invites visitors to take a peek into the Kuopio’s idyllic...
  

  Old Kuopio Museum, Kuopio

  25.4.2025 – 13.9.2026

• Exhibition

  Kirsi Vahtera: The Land’s Crown – sculptures and photographs from Finnish mythology

  Kirsi Vahtera’s, a master blacksmith and designer, exhibition The Land’s Crown continues the series of exhibitions based on Finnish...
  

  Haltia The Finnish Nature centre, Espoo

  9.1.2026 – 26.3.2026

• Exhibition

  Mia Hamari - Sanctuary of Dreams

  Mia Hamari is a sculptor who lives and works in Simo. Mia Hamari's dreamlike works interweave the past and the present, reality and fiction.
  

  Rovaniemi Art Museum Korundi, Rovaniemi

  27.3.2026 – 20.9.2026

• Exhibition

  Saarat – Art by Saara Pylvänäinen and Saara Vallineva

  Textile artist and painter together with a visual artist, author and illustrator.
  

  Saarijärvi Museum, Saarijärvi

  1.10.2026 – 10.1.2027

• Exhibition

  In the Layers of Being

  The exhibition invites visitors to explore the many dimensions of what it means to be human.
  

  Lahti Museum of Visual Arts Malva, Lahti

  9.10.2026 – 18.4.2027

• Exhibition

  Lay Of(f) the Land

  Art Alliance of the Arctic South’s exhibition Lay Of(f) the Land brings together eight Nordic artists whose works, inspired by northern...
  

  Ostrobothnian Museum, Vaasa

  29.11.2025 – 12.4.2026

Museum Card museums

• Event

  Ahlström Voyage utställning, guidad tour

  The permanent exhibition explores, in an immersive way, the 175-year history and present day of the Ahlström companies, the Ahlström...
  

  , Noormarkku

  6.3.2026

• Event

  Monikulttuurikalenteri2026: Strong Women

  An invitation to all women to draw portraits of the strong women in their lives.
  

  Oulu Art Museum, Oulu

  8.3.2026

• Event

  Ahlström Voyage utställning, guidad tour

  The permanent exhibition explores, in an immersive way, the 175-year history and present day of the Ahlström companies, the Ahlström...
  

  , Noormarkku

  14.3.2026

• Event

  Ahlström Voyage utställning, guidad tour

  The permanent exhibition explores, in an immersive way, the 175-year history and present day of the Ahlström companies, the Ahlström...
  

  , Noormarkku

  21.3.2026

• Event

  Guided tours in English

  Welcome to out English speaking guided tours!
  

  Forssa museum, Forssa

  26.3.2026

• Event

  Ahlström Voyage utställning, guidad tour

  The permanent exhibition explores, in an immersive way, the 175-year history and present day of the Ahlström companies, the Ahlström...
  

  , Noormarkku

  28.3.2026

• Event

  Even the rooster lays an Easter egg! – A self-guided tour for families

  Visit the main building for instructions for the tour.
  

  Glims Farmstead Museum, Espoo

  29.3.2026

• Event

  Even the rooster lays an Easter egg! – A self-guided tour for families

  Visit the main building for instructions for the tour.
  

  Glims Farmstead Museum, Espoo

  31.3.2026

• Event

  Even the rooster lays an Easter egg! – A self-guided tour for families

  Visit the main building for instructions for the tour.
  

  Glims Farmstead Museum, Espoo

  1.4.2026

• Event

  Even the rooster lays an Easter egg! – A self-guided tour for families

  Visit the main building for instructions for the tour.
  

  Glims Farmstead Museum, Espoo

  2.4.2026

• Event

  Even the rooster lays an Easter egg! – A self-guided tour for families

  Visit the main building for instructions for the tour.
  

  Glims Farmstead Museum, Espoo

  5.4.2026

• Event

  Ahlström Voyage utställning, guidad tour

  The permanent exhibition explores, in an immersive way, the 175-year history and present day of the Ahlström companies, the Ahlström...
  

  , Noormarkku

  11.4.2026

• Event

  Ahlström Voyage utställning, guidad tour

  The permanent exhibition explores, in an immersive way, the 175-year history and present day of the Ahlström companies, the Ahlström...
  

  , Noormarkku

  18.4.2026

• Event

  Monikulttuurikalenteri2026: Afrobeat, Food for the Music & the Soul

  The art workshop includes storytelling, music, movement & delicious snacks inspired by African traditions and handicrafts.
  

  Oulu Art Museum, Oulu

  19.4.2026

• Event

  Guided tours in English

  Welcome to out English speaking guided tours!
  

  Forssa museum, Forssa

  23.4.2026

• Event

  Ahlström Voyage utställning, guidad tour

  The permanent exhibition explores, in an immersive way, the 175-year history and present day of the Ahlström companies, the Ahlström...
  

  , Noormarkku

  25.4.2026

• Event

  Ahlström Voyage exhibition open

  The Ahlström Voyage exhibition presents the history and present of the Ahlström ironworks, company, and family.
  

  , Noormarkku

  2.5.2026

• Event

  Monikulttuurikalenteri2026: Thai Flower Creations

  Come and make beautiful and durable fabric flowers.
  

  Oulu Art Museum, Oulu

  3.5.2026

• Event

  Ahlström Voyage exhibition open

  The Ahlström Voyage exhibition presents the history and present of the Ahlström ironworks, company, and family.
  

  , Noormarkku

  9.5.2026

• Event

  Ahlström Voyage exhibition open

  The Ahlström Voyage exhibition presents the history and present of the Ahlström ironworks, company, and family.
  

  , Noormarkku

  16.5.2026

• Event

  Ahlström Voyage utställning, guidad tour

  The permanent exhibition explores, in an immersive way, the 175-year history and present day of the Ahlström companies, the Ahlström...
  

  , Noormarkku

  16.5.2026

• Event

  Ahlström Voyage exhibition open

  The Ahlström Voyage exhibition presents the history and present of the Ahlström ironworks, company, and family.
  

  , Noormarkku

  23.5.2026

• Event

  Ahlström Voyage utställning, guidad tour

  The permanent exhibition explores, in an immersive way, the 175-year history and present day of the Ahlström companies, the Ahlström...
  

  , Noormarkku

  23.5.2026

• Event

  Ahlström Voyage exhibition open

  The Ahlström Voyage exhibition presents the history and present of the Ahlström ironworks, company, and family.
  

  , Noormarkku

  30.5.2026

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This spring, museums all over Finland are offering many fantastic exhibitions. In addition to long-awaited classics, there will be intriguing modern art, internationally acclaimed photography, architecture and design. Learn more about what’s new this spring!

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Have a look at our recommendations and find the best ideas for your summer holiday in Finland. The Museum Card is a useful travel companion for a thrifty domestic traveller. The card gives you unlimited access to more than 360 attractions, such as Turku Castle, Heureka and the Hämeenlinna Prison.